Émilie du Châtelet, 18th century French mathematician, physicist, and author. Artist: Unknown
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Émilie du Châtelet, 18th century French mathematician, physicist, and author. A prominent figure of the Enlightenment, Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749) produced a translation of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica that is still the standard version in French. Voltaire, who was one of her lovers, declared that du Châtelet was a great man whose only fault was being a woman.
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- Isaac Newton: British; English: Physicist, mathematician
- Voltaire: French: Writer, historian, philosopher, poet, playwright, satirist
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